Largest Margin of Victory in Evian Championship
The Evian Championship is one of the five majors in women's professional golf. And a few of its winners have posted big margins of victory. Below are the largest of those winning margins in The Evian.
Evian's Biggest Winning Margins as a Major
The Evian Championship has been played since 1994, but it was elevated to major championship status on the LPGA Tour only beginning in 2013. Since 2013, as a major championship, these are the largest margins of victory in The Evian:- 6 strokes — Lydia Ko, 2015 (scored 268, runner-up was Lexi Thompson)
- 6 strokes — Celine Boutier, 2023 (scored 270, runner-up was Brooke Henderson)
- 4 strokes — In-Gee Chun, 2016 (scored 263, runners-up were Sung-Hyun Park and So-Yeon Ryu)
All-Time Margin of Victory Record for Evian Championship
As noted above, this tournament dates to 1994. From 1994-99, The Evian was a tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET), but was not an official LPGA Tour event. In 2000, the LPGA began cosanctioning the tournament, so from 2000-2012 The Evian was an LPGA/LET tournament but not yet a major. Then in 2013, it became a major championship.These are the largest winning margins in the Evian Championship over the full course of its history:
- 8 strokes — Paula Creamer, 2005 (scored 273, runners-up Lorena Ochoa and Michelle Wie)
- 6 strokes — Juli Inkster, 2003 (scored 267, runner-up Hee-Won Han)
- 6 strokes — Lydia Ko, 2015 (scored 268, runner-up was Lexi Thompson)
- 6 strokes — Celine Boutier, 2023 (scored 270, runner-up was Brooke Henderson)
- 5 strokes — Laura Davies, 1995 (scored 271, runner-up Annika Sorenstam)
- 4 strokes — Laura Davies, 1996 (scored 274, runner-up Carin Koch)
- 4 strokes — Helen Alfredsson, 1998 (scored 277, runner-up Maria Hjorth)
- 4 strokes — Wendy Doolan, 2004 (scored 270, runner-up Annika Sorenstam)
- 4 strokes — In-Gee Chun, 2016 (scored 263, runners-up were Sung-Hyun Park and So-Yeon Ryu)